May 2010 Auction Items

2 Large reproduction prints- 1.) after a Chinese painting on silk; 2.) after a painting by Emil Schulze. various sizes

20th c. Chinese School- Tiger- 1 print, very good condition. 15 x 10 3/4''

5 items- a Mexican panel, The letter ''O'', a frame and a table top easel, all wooden; together with a painting of Ram.

Contemporary Tiffany style bronze candlestick- some abrasions to surface. 17 1/2'' h

5 hand-painted porcelain plaques by Helen Litkovitz- 1 oval portrait of a girl; 1 oval bisque, decorated with violets; 1 depicting two peacocks on branch; 1 small, decorated with pink roses; 1 small, depicting two cardinals on pine branch- all set in frame with exception to cardinal, all signed, portrait of girl and peacock secured with tape to frame, otherwise good condition. various sizes

European brass platter- with central meddalion of Adam & Eve in The Garden of Eden, as is. 17 1/4'' dia

Gucci silk scarf- done for the Lyric Opera, Chicago, very good condition. 34 x 34''

Whimsical Contemporary red parchment lamp- in the form of a dog.

Lot of micellaneous Lietzke items including Lietzke sake bottle, 2 decanters, 2 pairs of bookends, perfume, two blankets, fair condition.

Mary Rose Wampler- ''Black Eyed Susans''; ''Trailing Arbotus''; ''Iris and Old Rose''; ''Daisy Mum'' and ''Dogwood and Violets''- set of 5 off-set lithographs after watercolors.

2 Miniature oak book shelves- 1 Arts and Craft style. 18 3/8''w; 15 1/2''w

A lot of 40+ late 20th c. auction catalogs- Christie's, Sotheby's, Skinner, etc., good condition.

A lot of 25+ mid to late 20th c. art books, magazines, catalogs, exhibition guides and postcards along with other miscellaneous items, good condition.

A lot of 40+ mid to late 20th c. art books, magazines, catalogs, exhibition guides and postcards along with other miscellaneous items, good condition.

''Vor Sonnenaufgang aus: 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' von Freidrich Nietzsche'', c. 1914, 10 pages including title page, text in German, 4to, original soft bound with later added hard covers, some wear, spine partially torn and missing.

Bowles, Jerry G, ed., ''Art Work, No Commercial Value'', Grossman Publishers, New York, 1972, hand numbered in ink 744, of limited edition of 1000, bound in 3-ring black binder.

''Edward Hopper'', text by Lloyd Goodrich, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers, New York, n.d., large folio, green cloth hard bound with gilt decoration of light house on front cover and gilt titling on spine, dust jacket, very good condition.

Hulten, K. G. Pontus, ''Jean Tinguely 'Meta''', New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1975, numbered 212 of the limited edition of 500, 4to, hard bound with extended flap on back cover that encases side edges of pages, with a lock and a handle, good condition.

Warhol, Andy, ''The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London, 1975, 1st edition?, hard bound with dust jacket, possibly initialled by author on 1st page, very good condition.

Lot of 3 books, layout and design by Vasarely- ''Vasarely'' (1969); ''Vasarely II'' (1971); and ''Vasarely III'' (1974)- M. Joray (introduction), H. Chevalier (translation) for first and second, Du Griffon Neuchatel, Switzerland, hardcovers with dust jackets, some wear on dust jacket, otherwise very good condition.